Chapter 34 Cotton thread
Suddenly, Yu Yueming met someone who was extorting so bluntly, and he was not able to react for a while.
His first reaction was: Why should he pay attention to him? Just go into the cave.
However, he quickly realized that the subsequent tasks of the dungeon were not necessarily limited to the cave.
Even if the tasks are in the cave, you must reach a "safe place" to leave the dungeon. If you are trapped in the cave in the end... you may not be able to successfully leave the dungeon.
In short, it is still necessary to leave a way out.
He looked at the expressions of his more experienced teammates around him and found that their expressions were also slightly tight. It seemed that the other party's threat would indeed have an impact on them.
"Hurry up! You have no need to consider it. No one in the town is willing to come here except me. If you don't agree to my conditions, you can just wait for death here!"
The middle-aged man urged them without giving them a chance to discuss.
"Agree or not, decide immediately! The rest of you stand farther and ask the woman to hand me the money. I will try dozens of times, ten--"
"Okay. We promise. Give us some time to raise some money."
Rong Zhicai spoke decisively and stabilized the other party.
The ‘otter’ didn’t seem to be cautious: “Don’t play tricks! Don’t whisper together! Come over immediately after taking the money!”
The players looked at each other and did not violate the other party's request on the surface. They just exchanged a few glances silently and quickly transferred the money in their hands to Lu Songyan's hands.
Lu Songyan looked quite nervous and scared, and walked to the shore with his hands and feet tightened.
"Otter" waved impatiently: "Twist your wallet over!"
"I, I can't throw it away!" Lu Songyan explained in panic when he looked at a little helpless.
The "otter" spat and looked at the distance of the others backing away. She felt that a girl would not be threatening, and was afraid that the other party would fall into the water by mistake, so she still approached the boat near the shore and reached out to grab her wallet.
The moment he reached out, Lu Songyan suddenly changed his weak appearance just now, grabbed his wrist, pulled and swung it hard, and directly pulled him from the boat to the shore!
The "otter" was holding the oar in his hand, but this sudden incident made him panic and he randomly knocked Lu Songyan with the wooden oar.
However, other players are not watching.
Seeing that the other party was arrested, the rest rushed up and directly pressed him to the ground.
Rong Zhicai snatched the oars and hooked the hemp rope ring floating on the water, connecting to the hull, and pulled the boat that had not yet floated away back.
On the other hand, Shen Yongliang, the strongest body, was responsible for suppressing the other party, and everyone else scattered to the side. Yu Yueming also retracted the claws that were stepping on the other party, thinking about how to deal with the subsequent situation.
"Give him to me."
Rong Zhicai tied the boat, grabbed the "otter"'s arm, and dragged him to his side.
"Brother, I have something to say. I don't want your money anymore. I will also return the previous ones to you..."
Before the "otter" could finish his words begging for mercy, his voice came to an abrupt end.
Rong Zhicai took out a dagger and wiped the other person's neck.
After doing this, he wiped the blade on the other party without hesitation, took out the useful pieces of objects in his pocket, and then pushed the body into the sea.
All this happened so quickly that before the players could react, the matter was over.
Yu Yueming was a little surprised. The other players didn't seem to be used to this kind of scene, and their faces turned pale. Only Zhou Yang was stiff for a while, and then pretended to be a sneer and sneered: "I deserve it!"
After another silence, Shen Yongliang spoke hesitantly.
"This... doesn't have to do this, we need him to send us back..."
"No need. Even if he is given money, he may not come back to pick up people. Even if he is picked up, I will not dare to take his boat again. Who knows if he will do anything else?"
Although he had seen blood just now, Rong Zhicai's expression still looked gentle, and he explained patiently tone.
After saying that, he touched his chin and pointed to the wooden boat in the water.
"In order to avoid damage or loss of ships during our entry into the cave, we should drag the ship to the shore first while it is now at a high tide."
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The players worked together to pull the boat ashore and placed it behind the rocks on one side to simply fix and hide it.
After doing all this, the group gathered at the entrance of the cave, looking at the dark cave, and pondering.
Yu Yueming tried to smell it, but he didn't feel any special smell.
"What are you delaying? You'll have to go in, go quickly."
Zhou Yang urged him, while Lu Songyan flipped up his backpack and found a spool.
"Wait a minute, make some preparations."
She wrapped one end of the line on the rock outside the cave, turned the spool, and dragged a long trace.
It was like entering the maze of Minotaunos. Yu Yueming sighed in his heart.
When he was shopping, he saw that the other party bought these spools specifically, so he was not surprised by her behavior.
"It's a waste of effort." Zhou Yang laughed at her, "The task of the dungeon is not so easy to solve. If a spool can help you get out of the cave, someone should have done it a hundred years ago. What's the turn to get you? It's a waste of time."
Lu Songyan retorted: "I know, but this may lead to some clues."
After finishing the spool, she lit another torch and explained: "Test the oxygen concentration."
The others were not prepared so much, they picked up flashlights and walked into the cave one after another.
I don’t know if the flashlights of this era are not good or the flashlights in players’ hands are of poor quality. In short, the light of the flashlight is not bright and can only illuminate a small area in front of you.
As a member with the best night vision ability, Yu Yueming walked in the front, Rong Zhicai behind, Zhou Yang squeezed in the middle, Lu Songyan fell behind in order to set up the spool, and Shen Yongliang finally came.
The cave is quite wide, and it is not crowded for three people to walk side by side.
Everyone had already discussed the mark before leaving, and Rong Zhicai and Zhou Yang wrote a mark on the wall next to them every other paragraph.
The roads in the cave were bent, and in just a few minutes, the dim light at the entrance disappeared, leaving only the jumping fire, the dark yellow flashlight source, and the infinitely extending darkness outside the light source.
The group walked in silence for more than ten minutes. Yu Yueming felt that the smell in the air gradually became more complicated, with the muffled smell of a closed space, the smell of dampness, and many smells that he could not name.
“Eh?”
Suddenly, Zhou Yang's sigh broke the silence.
"The mission has changed!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Yueming immediately opened the panel and found that the task of "entering the cave" had been completed.
[Stage Task 2: Arrive at the location of the treasure buried in the cave (Countdown: 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 37 seconds)]
"I'll look back and see how the line is going."
Lu Songyan said hello. The others did not object and followed one by one.
They did not encounter any bifurcation along the way, and there seemed to be no need to go back and look at the lines on the ground. However, the sudden change in the task made them realize that some factors must have changed.
Not far away, Lu Songyan suddenly stopped and looked at the ground.
Yu Yueming walked to her and looked forward.
Chapter completed!